[s-cars] fuel vapor on warm days . . .

[Robert Myers]

Marc,

There should be NO fuel vapor vented on warm days or cold days or any other 
days.  This is a major violation of environmental laws for a manufacturer 
to use such a "feature".  The car is not designed to do this.  Have you 
examined the leak closely?  Was (is?) your car part of the fuel line recall 
of a few years back?  If so, was the fuel line replacement done at that 
time?  In any case, it sounds like you have a leaking fuel line which is a 
major hazard and which should be repaired or replaced ASAP.

A common place for such a leak to develop is under/inside a rubber mounting 
fastener which holds the line in position under the car.

At 07:05 PM 4/4/2004 -0600, marc weiner wrote:

>There is a tube that runs under the passenger side of the car that vents 
>fuel vapor on warm days . . . after a good hard run home from work my 
>garage fills up with fuel vapor from the under side of the car.  Does this 
>happen to anyone else . . . this really started happening a lot last 
>summer and starting to notice it again . . . not really noticeable at all 
>this last winter.  I am running Hoppen/Lehman stage IV software (26-27 max 
>overboost), 8.5:1 compression pistons, RS2 turbo, RS2 extrude honed ex. 
>manifold, RS2 injectors, Lehman modified cyl. head, Strommung 3" turbo 
>back exhaust (mit cat), stock MAF, metal bypass valve.  I had the dealers 
>recall done on the fuel line so that is definitely not where the vapor is 
>coming from.  In fact I can get under the car and see the fumes coming out 
>of the tube I decribed on a hot day.   Is the just something normal . . . 
>I just can't believe how vaporous the garage smells and even my wife can 
>tell it aint coming from my backside.   TIA.
>-Marc
>94 Pearl White S4 with all the goodies above + Bilstein/Eibach suspension, 
>S6+ euro brake kit w/ 323x30 rotors and stainless brake lines, 3 spoke 
>A4/S6 sport steering wheel, ASW camber plates, Centerforce Clutch, and a 
>whopping 212,000 miles (112,000 miles since the upgrade from Stage III to 
>IV) ( 137k miles since stage III went on at 75,000 miles, and the 
>suspension on for 162k miles) - car has had 3 timing belt changes to date.
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